6th: Reliever Morillo allowed a double high off the Wall to Ortiz, then walked Youkilis, Drew and Bay. Dickey came in and Lowell singled, Kottaras hit a sac fly and Nick Green doubled. Then out came the tarp.

Last Wednesday, in his only start so far this season (he missed his first start with right shoulder stiffness), Baker lasted a mere four innings against Toronto, giving up four dongs and six runs. Last July 7, Baker pitched seven shutout innings against the Red Sox, but the Twins lost that game 1-0.

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Julio Lugo will rehab with Pawtucket at least until Sunday. Ian Browne speculates that Lugo could return to the lineup for Monday's game in Cleveland.

Daisuke Matsuzaka threw from 60 feet yesterday. Terry Francona said the issue "is not the strength on an exam, but the durability of the strength, which is kind of what can happen when you ramp up too soon". Dice will do the same routine today, then take Thursday off.

Dave Roberts had been scheduled to throw out the first pitch last night. He may be doing some studio work for NESN later this season.

Of all the places I went, this is the place where I spent the least amount of time, but, obviously, the magnitude of that stolen base and what was accomplished, the byproduct of that stolen base, obviously, has defined my career. That's a huge moment and a great honor. I get asked every day, "Do I get tired of hearing about the steal and reversing the curse?" Absolutely not.

Harvey, my brother (who is flying to Boston from DC), and my brother's good friend Adine who is a die hard Yankee fan and travels to Boston and Baltimore and many other places to see the Yankees play, as well as going to as many games at Yankee Stadium as she can during the year (she has season's tickets). She and I sit with Harvey and my brother in between so we don't strangle each other! (Harvey is glad to have a NYY fan to sit with; Ira could care less and says he only cares which players are cutest.)

Sean Penn has been in some of the most memorable movies. You know he has made it on his talent because he certainly does not have the typical Hollywood pretty book looks.

And yes, it was inspiring. I could not help wondering where the gay rights movement would be if he had not been killed and if so many others had not been killed by AIDS shortly after Milk's assassination. But with CT, VT and Iowa joining MA on same sex marriage, things are definitely moving forward---finally.

I just learned that cats are lactose intolerant. Our cats go crazy when we have ice cream, so I looked up whether it was safe to give them some. Apparently not a good idea. • My mother tells me every time she has yogurt, cottage cheese, or whipped cream the cats follow her everywhere.

L, I could have also gone with "Scott Baker went to the Doctor's and comes out scarred for life."

Dogs also cannot have much cow-derived dairy. They can't digest it well. But I don't know if it's b/c of lactose.

Also, kittens and puppies may be different than cats and dogs. It could be they can digest their mother's milk when they're little, then their systems change and they can't digest milk anymore. Mammals can be like that.

I'm having quite a food revolution myself this past year, and especially recently after reading a book called, "Eat This, Not That!" (link) which was very helpful. So now I'm trying some new foods here and there, reading ingredients and nutrition labels some more. I'd like to eat better so I can continue losing weight.

Frosty Paws look intriguing. We have to be very careful with Cassie's stomach though. She tends to get an upset stomach from things other dogs love---like rawhide, greenies, etc. We recently spent $620 on her after a bout of pancreatitis from something she ate outside.

It's funny to look at the foods I've eaten so many times growing up, or the different foods my mother might eat and not so much lament about how bad they are or the periodic table in the ingredients list but mostly that there are different brands or slightly different foods that are genuine and honest with a short ingredients list.

Tala is the same way, we have to be very careful. And Buster had IBD, almost died from it before it was properly diagnosed, so we are very familiar with the special diets and the careful digestive systems.

L, I took a crack at realigning the divisions into an east and western conference type layout that, in my little world would go with all of MLB using the DH. Right now the AL West had four teams and the NL Central has three teams. My divisions have three in the east, three in the west, with five teams in each division.

And no oddly placed teams like Texas being AL West or the Nashville Predators and Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL being in the Western conference.

Amy--very rare to switch parks for a game--they do share a common off-day tomorrow. If they didn't, they'd try to find another common one later in the year for the Twins to come back.I remember - think it was 2007 - The four-game series in Cleveland that was snowed out against Minnesota. I think they had to play in Milwaukee and then finish a game or two in Seattle with Cleveland being the home team.

hahaha, i was just catching up on the thread and saw that. ish's sounded amazing. as did yours, L, but i'm not that into PB.

nothing much doing for food here, i slept for 11 hours and am still groggy for some reason. got up at 11, had some coffee then a banana/strawberry/pineapple/OJ smoothie in the magic bullet. i am considering getting some tofu going though.

For a while this week Boston had four straight 80°+ days, Saturday through Tuesday which is extremely rare here for April. Now it looks like 80+ Sat/Sun, then 70s Mon/Tue. STILL! I can't wait. That includes 70s on Friday as well.

Today was my first good experience with the magic bullet - its good if you want to puree the hell out of stuff (i.e. my smoothie, guacamole etc) but i tried to use it to chop onions/garlic before and it was a bad experience. Also, it comes with these little O-rings that i put in the wrong area so the spinny thing wasn't making good contact with the blades, found that out today and corrected the problem. I only have the "express" version though - has less cups/blades etc. than the full version.

Jere, where are you sitting on Saturday? I don't know where our tickets are since my brother's friend got them from one of her patients (she's a pediatrician). Apparently the patient has season's tix to Fenway even though he lives in NYC.

Amy, I agree with you. I wonder what the travel would be like compared with the current schedules. I also wonder how the schedule would look as well.

The way I worked it out, if the schedule remained the same but with the realigned teams, the Red Sox would be playing the Marlins in this two-game series before playing the Yankees.

Instead of a west-coast trip they'd be going to Cleveland and Pittsburgh rather than Anaheim and Oakland.

So it'd need to be tweaked. But the current system of scheduling would mean there'd be a west coast trip once every three years. This year "interleague" games would be Cubs, White Sox, Twins and Brewers instead of NL East teams.

In my little world it'd work out so there'd be a series against every team. Maybe alternate each year whether it's home or away or something.

It's fairly easy to decide who you'd play instead, though. Make a list of the teams and number them (organize them by division) and then make a list of the teams by the new divisions and match the numbers. Twins being team #10 currently. Marlins being team #10 in the new format.

I'd love a division with the Sox, MFY and Stems. Even if we aren't still in New York.That's definitely how you'd sell it. Yes, yes the Yankees and Mets play 6 games head to head annually anyways, but what if they played 12 or more, and were fighting with each other for a playoff spot?

Not to mention the other "natural rivals"... like Chicago, LA and SF. It'd be pretty neat to see that.

Ish, I am lost! You must have a brain that works like Excel to figure all this out. Or maybe you were using some kind of program?

I certainly can see the fun in thinking about this stuff. It will keep your brain flexible and young, like doing a crossword puzzle. Of course, you are young so probably not too worried about that yet!